Pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (New International Version, 1 Thess. 5:17-18). Prayer has always been apart of the United States, the people, and its founding. America was based on religious Principles, and was the heart and pulse of this nation until it was taken out in 1962. Prayer had been a footing in this country for nearly 200 years before the Supreme Court decided to decree class prayers as unconstitutional (10 reasons…). By prayer thriving that long, establishes it as a precedent to be a logical and valid practice for our schools. Bringing prayer back in schools will change the moral degradation in this country. Our nation has become increasingly secular, which
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At every meeting Congress has held, they have had a word of prayer before they’ve started. This raises the question: if the government can pray in their session, why does it have to be any different for the school session? Even at the first Continental Congress Benjamin Franklin promoted prayer among the meeting and announced “In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible to danger, we had daily prayer in this room for divine protection. –Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?... I therefore beg leave to move- that henceforth prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service” (10 reasons…). The founding fathers put our country’s foundation in prayer and Christianity, so that the nation would be one after the man of God.
Prayer in school is constitutional and enforces the concept freedom of religion stated in the First Amendment that the United States was established upon. By prohibiting school prayer the Supreme Court has mistaken the first clause of the Constitution, which states: “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment or religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (10 reasons…).
At every meeting Congress has held, they have had a word of prayer before they’ve started. This raises the question: if the government can pray in their session, why does it have to be any different for the school session? Even at the first Continental Congress Benjamin Franklin promoted prayer among the meeting and announced “In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible to danger, we had daily prayer in this room for divine protection. –Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?... I therefore beg leave to move- that henceforth prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service” (10 reasons…). The founding fathers put our country’s foundation in prayer and Christianity, so that the nation would be one after the man of God.
Prayer in school is constitutional and enforces the concept freedom of religion stated in the First Amendment that the United States was established upon. By prohibiting school prayer the Supreme Court has mistaken the first clause of the Constitution, which states: “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment or religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (10 reasons…).